gefylce

Old English

Alternative forms

ġefilċ, ġefilċe, ġefylċ

Etymology

From ġe- + *fylċe, from Proto-West Germanic *fulkī, from Proto-Germanic *fulkiją (“collection of people; band; company; troop"”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jeˈfyl.t͡ʃe/, [jeˈfyɫ.t͡ʃe]

Noun

ġefylċe n

A collection of people, army, troop, division

Declension

Declension of gefylce (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġefylċe	ġefylċu
accusative	ġefylċe	ġefylċu
genitive	ġefylċes	ġefylċa
dative	ġefylċe	ġefylċum

Related terms

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-fylce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-fylce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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